The Cocoa and Chocolate Products (England) Regulations 2003

UK Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 1659 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

25 June 2003

In force from

3 August 2003

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales

Made under

(EC) No. 178/2002, Food Safety Act 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations, which apply to England, implement Directive 2000/36/EC of the European Parliament and the Council relating to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption. They revoke and replace the Cocoa and Chocolate Products Regulations 1976, as amended, in relation to England. The Regulations— a prescribe definitions and reserved descriptions for designated cocoa and chocolate products (regulation 2 and Schedule 1); b specify the vegetable fats, other than cocoa butter, which may be added to designated chocolate products (regulation 3 and Schedule 2); c apply the Regulations to designated cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption and ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment (regulation 4); d restrict the use of reserved descriptions to the designated cocoa and chocolate products to which they relate (regulation 5); e require reserved descriptions and specified declarations to be applied to designated cocoa and chocolate products and prescribe the manner of marking or labelling (regulations 6 and 7); f specify a penalty, enforcement responsibilities and, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Council Directive 89/397/EEC on the official control of foodstuffs and the European Economic Area Agreement, a defence in relation to exports (regulations 8 and 9); g apply various provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (regulation 10); h remove the exemption for cocoa and chocolate products from Part II of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996, revoke the previous Cocoa and Chocolate Products Regulations and make consequential amendments and transitional provision (regulations 11 and 12). A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Library of each House of Parliament, together with a Transposition Note setting out how the main elements of the European legislation referred to above are transposed in these Regulations. Copies may be obtained from the Food Labelling and Standards Division of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH.

Offences created by this instrument

• Penalties and enforcement regulation 8(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

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• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Lords · Grand Committee · 13 March 2019 · Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)

  My Lords, I welcome the regulations, and given my heritage—born in Edinburgh—find particularly pleasing those concerning Scotch whisky exports, which obviously boost trade for the whole country. From my Question earlier this week, the Minister will be aware of my interest in traceability and labelling. Unfortunately, we did not have time to explore it then. I am grateful to him for setting out the thrust of the statutory instrument. He went to some length to explain that this instrument is technical in nature and makes no public policy changes, but he will be aware of the fact that the 19th…

• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting) Commons · Public Bill Committees · 22 November 2022 · Justin Madders

  I beg to move amendment 75, in clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— “(2A) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following instruments— (a) The Civil Aviation (Denied Boarding, Compensation and Assistance) Regulations 2005, (b) Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations, (c) The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012, (d) The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016, (e) The Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011, (f) The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, (g) The Alternative…

• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill Commons · Commons Chamber · 18 January 2023 · Mr Speaker

  With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 2— Conditions for bringing sections 3, 4 and 5 into force — “(1) None of sections 3, 4 or 5 may be brought into force unless all the following conditions have been satisfied. (2) The first condition is that a Minister of the Crown has, after consulting organisations and persons representative of interests substantially affected by, or with expertise in the likely legal effect of, that section on a draft of that report, laid a report before each House of Parliament setting out, with reasons, the Minister’s view as to the…

• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill Lords · Lords Chamber · 6 March 2023 · Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)

  My Lords, I am happy to briefly introduce Amendment 112 on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. It is a pleasure and I thank her for inviting me to do so. Amendment 112 would require a relevant national authority or a Minister of the Crown to consult with those who may be affected by regulations under Clause 15(1) before making them. All relevant national authorities would be required to publish the results of the consultation. We have been discussing Clause 15 on and off since we started. It is about the power to revoke and has caused a great deal of interest among noble Lords as we…

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